"Alligator" & "The Night the Bed Fell" Quiz

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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Critical Reading
Identify the letter of the choice that best answers the question.

In “Alligator,” why does the narrator's aunt crawl through the marsh grass at the edge of a pond?

a.	She is looking for something she lost.
b.	She is going to meet an alligator face to face.
c.	She is afraid an alligator will see her if she stands up.
d.	She is entertaining the children in her care.

According to Bailey White, what is the size of the alligator that the children saw?

a.	unusually small
b.	medium size
c.	medium to large
d.	extremely large

What impression of her aunt does Bailey White convey in “Alligator”?

a.	She is angry.
b.	She is unfeeling.
c.	She is happy.
d.	She is unusual.

How would you describe the members of the narrator's family in “The Night the Bed Fell”?

a.	slow and lazy
b.	unusual and humorous
c.	witty and clever
d.	stupid and foolish

According to “The Night the Bed Fell,” the narrator's aunt believes that burglars have been getting into her house every night for forty years. Which word best describes this belief?

a.	reasonable
b.	untruthful
c.	understandable
d.	unreasonable

What starts the confusion in “The Night the Bed Fell”?

a.	Burglars enter the narrator's aunt's house.
b.	Briggs Beall stops breathing while he sleeps.
c.	The cot the narrator is sleeping on collapses.
d.	Gracie Shoaf throws her shoes down the hall.

What can you conclude about Briggs Beall on the night described in “The Night the Bed Fell”?

a.	He is sleeping soundly.
b.	He has stopped breathing.
c.	He is dreaming.
d.	He is sleeping lightly.

In “The Night the Bed Fell,” why does the narrator's mother tug on the attic door?

a.	She is checking to see if Grandfather is asleep in the attic.
b.	She believes her husband's bed has collapsed on top of him.
c.	She needs her husband's help because Briggs has stopped breathing.
d.	She needs her husband's help because her son's cot has collapsed.

Which statement is not true of both “Alligator” and “The Night the Bed Fell”?

a.	The narrator uses exaggeration to create humor.
b.	The narrator presents his or her family as unusual.
c.	The narrator introduces the reader to a variety of characters.
d.	The narrator contrasts reality with a character's mistaken views.

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In what way are Aunt Belle in “Alligator” and Briggs Beall in “The Night the Bed Fell” alike?

a.	Both characters are training animals that cannot be trained.
b.	Both characters are members of large, eccentric families.
c.	Both characters realize that they have held mistaken views of themselves.
d.	Both characters hold mistaken views of themselves or their abilities.